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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR HINSBERG, OF GENEVA, SVVITZERLANQ, ASSIGNOR TO THE FARB- \VERKE,VORMALS MEISTER, LUOIUS & BRUNING, OF HOOHST-ON-THE- MAIN, GERMANY.

ANTIPYRIN MANDELATE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,415, dated October13, 1896.

Application filed October 31, 1895- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR HINSBERG, doctor of philosophy, a citizen ofthe Empire of Germany, residing at Geneva, Switzerland,

5 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufactureof Mandelate of Antipyrin, of which the following is a speci fication.

By the combination of antipyrin and phe- 1o nylglycollic, sometimescalled mandelic acid in molecular equivalents mandelate of antipyrin isformed.

I manufacture this substance in the following manner: One hundred andeighty-eight 15 parts by weight of antipyrin and one hundred andfifty-two parts by Weight of phenylglycollic are dissolved together inalcohol, benzene, or other solvent and the solvent is evaporated. Acolorless syrup is thus ob- 2o tained, which on standing for some timesolidifies to a hard crystalline mass. The same compound is obtained bymixing antipyrin and phenylglycollic, melting the mixture on awater-bath, and letting it cool down.

Mandelate of antipyrin melts at 52 centigrade. It is intended foraremedy for whooping-cough and administered in doses of 0.1 to

0.5 grams. It is soluble in nearly all solvents Serial No. 567,500.(Specimens) and separates out from them as an oil which graduallysolidifies to an opaque white 'powo der. Solvents do not decompose it,but acids and alkalies easily separate it into its component parts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters 3 5 Patent 1. The process herein described of producingmandelate of antipyrin, which consists in the reaction of antipyrin withphenylglycollic acid, substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, mandelate of antipyrin, being asolid substance melting at 52, soluble in nearly all solvents separatingout as an oil from its solutions which gradually solidifies to an opaqueWhite pow- 45 der, not decomposable by neutral solvents, easilydecomposable by alkalies and acids into its component parts.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in pres- 5o ence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR HINSBERG. W'itnesses:

BENJ. H. RIDGELY, OTro MAY.

